Promo

Since I couldn’t find the explicit card texts (other than on card pictures) for the 2010 VtES promo/storyline cards, and the White Wolf webpages on card lists hasn’t been updated in months, I am posting them here:

Guide and Mentor [Promo]Cardtype: MasterMaster. Put this card in play. A vampire you control may search your library for a master:archetype and move 1 blood from the bank and that card to himself or herself as a +1 stealth action that costs X pool where X is the number of copies of that card on minions you control (requirements and cost apply as normal).Artist: Michael Gaydos

Infamous Insurgent [Promo]Cardtype: MasterUnique master. Put this card on a Red List anarch vampire. This vampire is infernal, Bahari, and gets 2 additional votes. During this vampire’s minion phase, his or her controller may untap a ready anarch he or she controls.Artist: Erica Danell

Lilith’s Blessing [Promo]Cardtype: MasterCost: 1 poolMaster. Put this card in play. As a master phase action, you may tap this card to search your library for a Master:Discipline card and choose a ready non-Bahari vampire you control who has no blood. That vampire gains the Discipline card (if any) and 3 blood and becomes Bahari.Artist: Matt Smith

Here are the visuals of the eight new VtES promo cards (including “Rogue” that eluded me in the past few weeks):

Left: Abactor — nice card for those vampire immune to blood hunts.

Right: Fourth Cycle — Another weenie (and imbued) hoser card, but the use is rather limited due the requirements of two Gehenna cards in play.

Left: Rogue — way too situational for a deck; might be worth including into trick decks, e.g. one including “Undying Thirst“.

Right:Marakech Codex — this is a game winner card. I would consider this an auto-include for any wall deck, since they can defend it and will profit greatly from using it.Left:Salt of Thoth — interesting card for Tremere decks which want to protect their locations, but do not want to spend too many resources for doing so.

Right:Rubicon — again, like “Rogue” too situational for general purpose use; almost all the time a dead card in your hand.

Here are the four new VtES promo cards, which are part of the VtES Tournament Kit 2009:

SchreckNETCardtype: ActionClan: Nosferatu+1 stealth. Unique.If this Nosferatu’s capacity is 6 or more, he or she untaps. Put this card in play. Whenever a referendum succeeds, you may tap this card to look at any Methuselah’s hand.

InceptorCardtype: MasterUnique master.Put this card on a vampire of capacity 1, and put three cards from your hand, ash heap or library on this card, face up but out of play. This vampire may play other copies of these cards as if he or she had the Discipline required (if any) at superior.

AbactorCardtype: Action+1 stealth hunt action.Gain 5 blood. After successful resolution, a referendum is called to call a blood hunt on this vampire (independent of the action, just as if he or she had committed diablerie).

Salt of ThothCardtype: ReactionClan: TremereCost: 2 bloodUsable by a tapped Tremere. Cause a (D) action targeting a location you control to fail and put this card on that location. You may burn this card to cause a (D) action targeting this location to fail.

Here are the four new VtES promo cards which are part of the VtES Draft Kit 2009 (although I haven’t seen the cardtext of “Rogue” yet):

Rogue(…)

The Marrakech CodexCardtype: MasterUnique Master.Tap to look at and reorder the top four cards of your library. Any vampire may steal this card for his controlled as a (D) action.

RubiconCardtype: Action+1 stealth action. Requires a titled vampire.(D) Burn a younger non-titled vampire who has burned one of your non-Red list vampires since your last turn.

The Fourth CycleCardtype: EventRequires at least two other Gehenna cards in play.When this card is played, burn all Gehenna cards and conviction cards, and send all vampires with capacity 3 or less in torpor. No Gehenna cards may be played while this card remains in play.

A new VtES promo card named “Imperator” has been released. The card is very likely related to/used in VtES Storyline Event “Rise of the Imperator” which is scheduled for winter 2008/2009.

Imperator [Promo-20081023]
Cardtype: Political Action
Choose a Camarilla vampire with capacity 8 or more. If this referendum is successful, put this card on the chosen vampire to represent the unique Camarilla title of Imperator (worth 3 votes). This vampire may play a Blood Hunt card from your hand or ash heap as a prince. This vampire gets 3 additional votes in blood hunt referendums.

The pre-release pack for the new VtES expansion “Keepers of Tradition” contains four new promo cards. Here are the card texts of these cards:

House of SorrowCardtype: MasterCost: 1 poolMaster: unique locationTap to untap any card you control that is not a minion. If you do so, neither that card nor this location untap as normal on your next untap phase.

Subdued by the BloodCardtype: MasterMaster: out-of-turn. Trifle.Play when a vampire diablerizes a vampires of more that twice his or her capacity (before the blood hunt referendum, if any). Usable on your own turn. Move the victim from the ash heap to his or her owner’s ready region, any move all blood from the diablerist to him or her. Remove the diablerist from the game.

Two WrongsCardtype: MasterMaster: out-of-turn. Trifle.Play when a minion controlled by a Methuselah other than your predator is bleeding you. That minion is now bleeding his or her prey. The next card that would change the target of this bleed is canceled as it is played.

Lay LowCardtype: Action ModifierCost: 1 bloodRequires an anarch.Only usable when a blood hunt referendum passes and would burn this anarch. Move this anarch to the uncontrolled region (breaking any temporary control effects). Any cards and counters on this vampire remain with him or her (but are out of play as long as the vampire remains uncontrolled).